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Born October 9, 1971 at Lethbridge, Alberta, Died June 28, 2000 at Calgary, Alberta.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF JACKIE, LOVING FATHER OF A DAUGHTER ALEXIS DIETRICH BOTH OF OKOTOKS, PARENTS DALE (DONNA) DIETRICH, OF LOMOND SISTER DONNA (IAN) STAFFORD AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN PHILIP AND TAYLOR OF TABER, IN-LAWS JACK (MARY) VANDENBERG OF ENCHANT, BROTHER-IN-LAW ED (RIAN) AND THEIR SON JULIAN OF ENCHANT, THREE SISTERS-IN-LAW MARLENE (ARNOLD) BEUSEKOM AND THEIR CHILDREN ROXANNE, MARILEE, JACEY AND SHEREE OF FORT MACLEOD, JOAN (JOHN) OSKAN AND THEIR CHILDREN BRADLEY, CURTIS, TYLER, CODY OF NOBLEFORD AND ELAINE (ALAN) OUDSHOORN AND THEIR CHILDREN NEVADA, CHEYENNE AND DENVER

ANNA NOLTE, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT HER HOME IN VULCAN, ALBERTA JUNE 21, 2000 AT THE AGE OF 93 YEARS.
ANNA WAS BORN NOVEMBER 22, 1906 IN WIERZBICA, POLAND, THE SECOND OF FOUR CHILDREN BORN TO JACOB AND PARANKA NAKONECZNY. SHE HELPED ON THE FAMILY FARM, WHICH WAS LOCATED ON BOUNDARY LAND, THAT SAW MANY CONFLITS OF WAR. ANNA ARRIVED IN QUEBEC CITY ON THE OCEAN LINNER NAMED “MONTCALM”, SHE THEN TRAVELED ACROSS CANADA, ARRIVING IN VULCAN IN 1928. SHE WAS MET BY MR. & MRS. PETE McINTYRE WERE SHE BEGAN WORKING AS A DOMESTIC HELPER. ANNA ALSO WORKED FOR MR.

LILLIAN ANNA MARY “LILL” KLIPPERT, PASSED OF VULCAN AWAY PEACEFULLY JUNE 20, 2000 AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 73 YEARS.
LILL WAS BORN APRIL 25, 1927 AT LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA AND WAS RAISED IN THE TOWN OF RAYMOND AND OUT ON THE FAMILY FARM ON THE MILK RIVER RIDGE. SHE MET HOWIE IN 1948 AND THEY WERE MARRIED IN 1949 AT RAYMOND. AFTER LIVING IN RAYMOND, MAGRATH AND LAMONT, THEY MOVED TO VULCAN IN 1959 AND RAISED THEIR CHILDREN THERE. AFTER A BRIEF THREE YEAR STAY IN LETHBRIDGE, LILL AND HOWIE RETIRED BACK TO VULCAN IN 1984,

GORDON GERALD ORR PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY JUNE 19, 2000 AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE.
GORDON WAS BORN JULY 10, 1915 AT REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN TO SAMUEL AND JEAN ORR. GORDON BEGAN WORKING FOR THE C.P.R. IN THE SIGNAL DEPARTMENT IN 1952. HE MARRIED DOREEN BROBERG IN 1956 AT GULL LAKE, SASKATCHEWAN. THEY RESIDED IN SWIFT CURRENT, SASKATCHEWAN. THE FOLLOWING YEAR THEY MOVED TO BROOKS, ALBERTA WHERE THEY LIVED UNTIL MOVING TO CALGARY IN 1964. THE FAMILY MOVED TO VULCAN IN 1967, WHERE HE AND A PARTNER FORMED M.J. ELECTRIC. THE FOLLOWING YEAR THE DAKIN HARDWARE WAS PURCHASED AND OPERATED AS VULCAN HARDWARE

HOFER, REVEREND DARIUS M. PASSED AWAY SURROUNDED BY HIS FAMILY AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE JUNE 13, 2000 AT THE AGE OF 65 YEARS.
REVEREND DARIUS HAS BEEN SERVING AT LITTLE BOW COLONY FOR THE PAST SEVENTEEN YEARS.
BELOVED HUSBAND OF 46 YEARS OF MARY D. HOFER OF LITTLE BOW COLONY, DEVOTED FATHER OF ONE DAUGHTER MARIE (GEORGE) WIPF OF WARBURG COLONY, SEVEN SONS JERRY (BARBARA), JOHNNY (JUDY), DAN (BECKY), MIKE (ANNIE), LEONARD (SARA), DARIUS (DOROTHY), JIM (RACHEL) ALL OF LITTLE BOW COLONY, THIRTY GRANDCHILDREN, FIVE SISTERS J. KATHERINE STAHL OF GADSBY, M. RACHEL TSCHETTER OF FAIRVIEW, BARBARA (PETER) WURZ

ANNA MARIE (ANNA MAE) BEINGESSNER, FORMERLY OF CHAMPION PASSED AWAY JUNE 11, 2000 AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE AT THE AGE OF 97 YEARS.
ANNA MAE AS MOST KNEW HER, WAS BORN NOVEMBER 30, 1902 ON THE FARM NEAR WALES, NORTH DAKOTA TO ANDREW AND MARY FATH. SHE ARRIVED IN THE CHAMPION AREA WITH HER PARENTS AND BROTHER IN 1912.SHE ATTENDED SHERWOOD SCHOOL, ST. ALOYSIUS CONVENT IN LETHBRIDGE AND HIAWATHA SCHOOL NEAR EIGHT MILE LAKE. UPON COMPLETION SHE WORKED IN VULCAN AND CALGARY, RETURNING TO WORK IN CHAMPION AT THE TELEPHONE OFFICE IN 1922. ANNA MAE MARRIED MIKE BEINGESSNER AT

HUFF, VIOLET ROSE, PASSED AWAY AT RIMBEY, ALBERTA ON JUNE 7, 2000 AT THE AGE OF 84 YRS.
VIOLET WAS BORN ON JULY 12, 1916 IN LOMOND, ALBERTA.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD AT BETHANY LUTHERAN CHURCH, LOMOND, ALBERTA ON THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 2000 AT 2 PM, PASTOR ED SUMMERS OFFICIATING.
INTERMENT LOMOND CEMETERY.
ARRANGEMENTS IN CARE OF VULCAN FUNERAL HOME, VULCAN, ALBERTA.

ROBERT ARTHUR “BOB” POTTER OF QUEENSTOWN PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT HOME JUNE 5, 2000 AT THE AGE OF 73 YEARS.
BOB WAS BORN OCTOBER 20, 1926 AT STEWART VALLEY, SASKATCHEWAN TO GEORGE AND VILNA POTTER. HE RECEIVED HIS EDUCATION AT SWIFT CURRENT. HE MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE IN HIS LATE TEENS WHERE HE ENLISTED IN THE NAVY MERCHANT MARINES FOR TWO YEARS AND SERVED DOING GENERAL DUTIES. AFTER HIS TOUR OF DUTY WITH THE NAVY HE WORKED IN LETHBRIDGE AS A SELF EMPLOYED TRUCK DRIVER. IN 1954 BOB MARRIED SABINA PELUCH IN CALGARY AND THEY RESIDED IN LETHBRIDGE UNTIL

CLARENCE EARL CHADWICK OF VULCAN PASSED AWAY MAY 29, 2000 AT VULCAN COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTRE AT THE AGE OF 71 YEARS.
CLARENCE WAS BORN MARCH 5, 1929 AT MAPLE CREEK, SASKATCHEWAN TO EARL AND IDA MARIE CHADWICK. HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT KEALEY SPRINGS IN THE CYPRESS HILLS SOUTH OF PIAPOT. AFTER COMPLETING HIS SCHOOLING HE HELPED HIS FATHER ON THE FAMILY FARM FOR SEVERAL YEARS. IN 1948 HE BEGAN WORKING AS A HIRED HAND AT THE A.D. GRANT RANCH AT WALSH, ALBERTA. ON OCTOBER 30, 1951 HE MARRIED ELLEN BRANIFF AT MAPLE CREEK, SASKATCHEWAN. CLARENCE MANAGED A FEEDLOT JUST OUTSIDE OF

HERBERT “HERB” WEST, FORMERLY OF LOMOND PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY MAY 29, 2000 AT VULCAN EXTENDICARE AT THE AGE OF 84 YEARS.
HERB WAS BORN JUNE 26, 1915 AT LOMOND, ALBERTA TO HERBERT AND EDITH WEST. HE RECEIVED HIS EDUCATION AT BRUNETTA AND LOMOND SCHOOLS. HERB HELPED HIS FATHER ON THE FARM, AND CONTINUED FARMING FULL TIME AFTER FINISHING HIS SCHOOLING. HE CARRIED ON A MIXED FARMING OPERATION. HERB ENJOYED WORKING WITH THE FARM ANIMALS, ESPECIALLY THE DOGS, HORSES AND COWS. HE LIVED HIS ENTIRE LIFE ON THE SAME SECTION OF LAND, UNTIL MOVING IN DECEMBER OF 1999. DUE TO